On March 7, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and last season's finals opponents met again, and the Suns challenged the Bucks away. Paul and Booker were still absent in this game, but the Suns were not in the ascendant, they had been clinging to the score, and once had the upper hand, but in the last moment they suddenly muted, and the Bucks won the game with consecutive points. In the end, the Suns lost 122-132 to the Bucks, regrettably losing the game.
Last season, the Suns made it all the way to the Finals, thinking they were just lucky and short-lived. But this season, the Suns are still soaring, always occupying the first position in the league, losing today's game, with a record of 51 points and 13 losses, still ranking first in the league, 7.5 wins ahead of the Grizzlies behind them. And in this game with the Bucks again, the Suns are missing two core Paul and Booker, but they did not surrender early, until the end of the loss, really try their best.
In the last 3 minutes of the game, Crowder hit three points from the outside to help the team to overtake the score 121-120, I thought that I would play very fiercely after that, but I didn't expect the sun to suddenly mute, how to shoot how not to hit, this time reflects the role of the star. Opposite the alphabet brother, Middleton and Holliday successively took free throws to get points, coupled with Middleton's three-pointer, a wave of 12-1 attack directly locked in the victory. The Suns only got one point from Ayton's free throw in the last 3 minutes, and no other team contributed.
Without Paul and Booker, the Suns are still competitive and not so vulnerable. This time, the team's center Ayton ushered in the outbreak, shooting 14 of 19, shooting 1 of 1 three-pointers, 1 of 2 from the free throw line, and having 30 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, and he really tried his best. In addition to him, Payne had 23 points and 8 assists, Crowder had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Shamet had 17 points, Bridges had 14 points, and although he lost the game, the Suns had played very well this time.
Opposite is the full main lineup, the big three alphabet brothers, Middleton and Holliday jointly contributed 87 points, and in the crucial final quarter, Holliday scored 17 points, Middleton scored 16 points, and the Suns team scored a total of 32 points. Holliday and Middleton are also the third pair in the last 25 seasons to score at least 15 points each in the final quarter.